| 4-1 Employment | |||||
| Category | 2006 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |
| Economically Active Population (10 000 persons) | 6063.4 | 6292.5 | 6392.4 | 6482.3 | |
| Total Number of Employed Persons (10 000 persons) | 5960.0 | 6187.6 | 6294.2 | 6401.9 | |
| Primary Industry (10 000 persons) | 2328.0 | 2313.5 | 2297.4 | 2273.1 | |
| Secondary Industry (10 000 persons) | 1870.3 | 1955.5 | 2014.1 | 2086.7 | |
| Tertiary Industry (10 000 persons) | 1761.7 | 1918.6 | 1982.7 | 2042.1 | |
| Composition of Employed Persons (total=100) | |||||
| Primary Industry (%) | 39.1 | 37.4 | 36.5 | 35.5 | |
| Secondary Industry (%) | 31.4 | 31.6 | 32.0 | 32.6 | |
| Tertiary Industry (%) | 29.5 | 31.0 | 31.5 | 31.9 | |
| Number of Employed Persons by Urban and | |||||
| Rural Areas (10 000 persons) | |||||
| Urban Employed Persons (10 000 persons) | 2425.0 | 2680.1 | 2803.4 | 2927.4 | |
| State-owned Units (10 000 persons) | 419.2 | 427.9 | 428.1 | 439.4 | |
| Urban Collective-owned Units (10 000 persons) | 61.5 | 56.0 | 56.8 | 57.0 | |
| Cooperative Units (10 000 persons) | 15.8 | 15.2 | 15.5 | 16.1 | |
| Joint Ownership Units (10 000 persons) | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.3 | |
| Limited Liability Corporations (10 000 persons) | 190.5 | 183.1 | 190.1 | 205.7 | |
| Share-holding Corporations Ltd. (10 000 persons) | 64.1 | 71.1 | 78.0 | 80.3 | |
| Private Enterprises (10 000 persons) | 289.5 | 304.7 | 323.1 | 371.1 | |
| Units with Funds from Hong Kong,Macao | 27.5 | 26.5 | 28.0 | 28.9 | |
| & Taiwan (10 000 persons) | |||||
| Foreign Funded Units (10 000 persons) | 106.8 | 108.8 | 109.5 | 112.1 | |
| Self-employed Individuals (10 000 persons) | 188.5 | 197.0 | 225.8 | 256.0 | |
| Rural Employed Persons (10 000 persons) | 3535.0 | 3507.5 | 3490.8 | 3474.5 | |
| Township and Village Enterprises (10 000 persons) | 1772.1 | 1165.7 | 1215.6 | 1303.0 | |
| Private Enterprises (10 000 persons) | 218.1 | 195.9 | 249.9 | 276.6 | |
| Self-employed Individuals (10 000 persons) | 198.4 | 213.0 | 240.9 | 281.4 | |
| Number of Staff and Workers (10 000 persons) | 874.3 | 872.7 | 889.6 | 919.9 | |
| State-owned Units (10 000 persons) | 409.3 | 413.9 | 413.3 | 422.4 | |
| Urban Collective-owned Units (10 000 persons) | 59.6 | 54.1 | 54.4 | 54.6 | |
| Units of Other Types of Ownership (10 000 persons) | 405.5 | 404.6 | 421.9 | 442.9 | |
| Urban Employed Female Persons (10 000 persons) | 357.7 | 345.2 | 350.1 | 359.1 | |
| Number of Newly Employed Persons in | 107.3 | 114.7 | 105.7 | 115.3 | |
| Urban Areas (10 000 persons) | |||||
| Number of reemployed Persons (10 000 persons) | 51.4 | 52.1 | 50.2 | 52.7 | |
| Reemployed Persons in Difficult Groups (10 000 persons) | 10.4 | 11.5 | 11.6 | 12.0 | |
| Reemployed Persons in Difficult Groups (10 000 persons) | 159.2 | 149.9 | 122.4 | 129.4 | |
| Number of Registered Unemployed Persons in | 43.7 | 44.7 | 45.1 | 44.5 | |
| Urban Areas (10 000 persons) | |||||
| Registered Unemployment Rate in Urban Areas (%) | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.4 | |